Tag: book review

Just finished reading J.D. Salinger: A Life by Kenneth Slawenski. I must admit, I’m a mixed fan of Salinger. I think his writing is great, but at the same time it can be a bit much. This biography does a fine job of interpreting all the stories and characters Salinger wrote. It also gives you […]

Well, I’m not sure what I think about Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. It’s a classic with millions of copies in print. There must be something to this book, right? Millions have read it and that means millions have talked about it. There are thousands of reviews for each edition on Amazon. And, yet…I feel […]

I’ve been having this experience lately where I’m very conscious that the movie based on a book is rarely as good as the book. For example, The Wife by Meg Wolitzer. The book is so much better. The movie removes the lesbian daughter and the son is neuritic in the movie, but in the book […]

I just finished listening to Patti Smith read her book, Just Kids. I love life journey stories. I love hearing how people I respect and admire traveled to the place that I (along with millions of others) got to discover them. This is the story of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe and how they became those […]